I am conflicted. I’ve been using Tumblr as a micro-blogging platform more than anything else I’m publishing over here at themarkpike.com/blog. My readership on Tumblr has grown to over 150 people, while the readership of this domain remains around 3 (hi Mom!).
Basically, I really enjoy using Tumblr to post random things on the web that [...]

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I am back in DC for the summer.

Apologies for the prolonged radio silence, but I’ve been busy studying for exams, packing and unpacking apartments, and working a summer job.
This has been the largest gap between updates on this site. Whoops! Highlights of the past few weeks:

“Green Building Red-Lighted by Homeowners’ Associations”, my note, was selected [...]

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Lately, I’ve been doing a lot research for term papers. In the off-chance that anybody perusing this blog has any interest in them, or could offer some recommended reading, I thought it might be helpful to post the topics.
As a member of the Environmental Law & Policy Review, I am writing a note about homeowners [...]

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If a bus is traveling at 65 mph, and it’s emitting a wireless internet with a data rate of 9.2kb/sec , does an email get sent faster if the bus accelerates? I am living a high school physics pop quiz question right now, en route from DC to NYC on a bus that offers free [...]

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When was the last time you won’t roller skating? If you have to think, then it’s been way too long.
To remedy our skating deficiency, we headed out to D’Light Skate N’ Palace this weekend. It was the most fun I’d had at a skating rink since I skinned my knee while trying to impress my [...]

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Video vignettes from the past fortnight in July. Enjoy.

July Fortnight from themarkpike and Vimeo.

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Time-Lapse Video of Mt. Pleasant in Washington, DC from sundown July 3rd until the night of July 4th. Fireworks can be seen poppin’ here and there.

July 4th Time-Lapse from themarkpike and Vimeo.

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Is Karl Rove the most prolific emailer of all-time? Over 140,000! Was he just forwarding chain-mail all day long? (”W- Send this to ur 10 fave diplomats or else you’ll have bad luck for your entire 2nd term.” “Hey Scooter- Is the Nigerian prince really in dangr? Can we get his $$$ ?!? Ask Valerie [...]

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DC keeps me busy. I’ve been working hard at EPIC for the past 3 weeks. The past fortnight, I’ve been focused on researching the Google / DoubleClick merger. We put out some great work product (pdf) that I’m proud to be associated with. Check out the supplemental materials we submitted to the FTC [...]

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For those of you who keep track of me via this blog, I am currently in DC. I’ll be working all summer for the Electronic Privacy Information Center as a clerk.
If you’re interested in the type of work I’ll be doing, check out the job description. Also, I’ll post links to our work product when [...]

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